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Victory at EuroSkills
16th of March 2011A report on EuroSkills and the Dutch results is presented by scientific journalist Anton Duisterwinkel, ECJ's correspondent.
A lunch with the Dutch minister for education, appearances on several TV shows and a substantial number of articles in newspapers and in trade magazines. That was the effect of the excellent results the Dutch cleaning team
Focus on the young
16th of March 2011Christian Bouzols in France reports on a series of national meetings aimed at raising awareness of opportunities in the cleaning industry.
Company bosses, teachers, apprenticeship tutors and other interested professionals gathered last month in quite high numbers at the most recent 'Rencontres de la Propreté' that are held every two
Investing in environment
16th of March 2011News on an environmental initiative from Anna Garbagna in Italy.
AfidampFAB, the association of Italian producers of professional cleaning equipment, machines and products, has created a protocol of rules, the Product Category Rules (PCR). This protocol, which has been submitted for certification and received approval in May 2010, allows it to
Why European standard?
25th of November 2010Marek Kowalski of the Polish cleaning association believes there is a need for a European standard.
At a European meeting of the ISSA in Germany recently it was finally acknowledged that a united Europe should have a common cleanliness standard. Why does this make sense? First of all, the public tender regulation is based on the same principles
Sector to be proud of
25th of November 2010How will badly paid cleaning staff be affected by government cuts, asks ECJ's UK correspondent.
Cuts! Cuts! Nothing but cuts. On the television, on the radio, in the Press. A torrent of ill informed politically motivated material which makes money for a few but not for many. It is said that the government talked with the BBC about presentation of
Easy-to-clean hotels
25th of November 2010A seminar dedicated to hotel cleaning is taking place in Italy, writes Anna Garbagna for ECJ.
In Italy over 34,000 hotels, in all regions, accommodate almost 250 million people every year: business people, tourists, Italian and foreign citizens, who require more and more specialised facilities, especially cleaning services and sanitation of
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